(c) Jacob Paul, Baron Gundling, who was laden with titles in
ridicule by Frederick William I. of Prussia.

(d) Seigni Jean (Old John), so called to distinguish him from
Johan “fol de Madame,” of whom Marot speaks in his epitaphs. Seigni
Jean lived about a century before Caillette.

(e) Richard Tarlton, a famous clown in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. He died 1588.

(f) Caillette “flourished” about 1494. In the frontispiece of
the “Ship of Fools,” printed 1497, there is a picture both of Seigni
Jean and also of Caillette.

Feast of Fools.

A kind of Saturnalia popular in the Middle Ages. Its chief object
was to honour the ass on which our Lord made His triumphant entry into
Jerusalem. This ridiculous mummery was held on the day of circumcision
(January 1). The office of the day was first chanted in travesty; then,
a procession being formed, all sorts of absurdities, both of dress,
manner, and instrumentation, were indulged in. An ass formed an
essential feature, and from time to time the whole procession imitated
the braying of this animal, especially in the place of “Amen.”